different between revue vs burlesque

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French revue (literally “review”). Doublet of review, which it replaced.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???vju?/, /???vju?/

Noun

revue (plural revues)

1. A form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
2. Any entertainment featuring skits, dances, and songs.

Translations

Further reading

• revue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Etymology

From French revue.

Noun

revue f

1. revue, review, show
2. (periodical): review

Dutch

Etymology

From French revue.

Pronunciation

Noun

revue f or m (plural revues, diminutive revuetje n)

1. revue
2. review

French

Etymology

From revoir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.vy/

Noun

revue f (plural revues)

1. magazine, journal
2. troop inspection (military)
3. revue
4. revision

Derived terms

• revue de presse

Descendants

Further reading

• “revue” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Slovak

Etymology

From French revue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?vy/

Noun

revue f (nominative plural revue, genitive plural revuí)

1. (periodical): review
2. revue, review, show

Declension

Further reading

• revue in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

English

Alternative forms

• burlesk (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from French burlesque, from Italian burlesco (“parodic”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?(?)?l?sk/

Adjective

burlesque (comparative more burlesque, superlative most burlesque)

1. (dated) Parodical; parodic

   • It is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque poetry runs best in heroic verse, like that of the Dispensary, or in doggerel, like that of Hudibras.

Coordinate terms

• vaudevillian

Derived terms

• burlesquely

Translations

Noun

burlesque (countable and uncountable, plural burlesques)

1. A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody.

   Synonyms: lampoon, travesty

   • 1683, John Dryden, The Art of Poetry
2. A variety adult entertainment show, usually including titillation such as striptease, most common from the 1880s to the 1930s.
3. A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.

   Synonyms: imitation, caricature

   • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France

Coordinate terms

• vaudeville

Translations

Verb

burlesque (third-person singular simple present burlesques, present participle burlesquing, simple past and past participle burlesqued)

1. To make a burlesque parody of.
2. To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.
   • 1678, Edward Stillingfleet, A Sermon preached on the Fast-Day, November 13, 1678

     They burlesqued the prophet Jeremiah's words, and turned the expression he used into ridicule.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian burlesco (“parodic”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /by?.l?sk/

Adjective

burlesque (plural burlesques)

1. burlesque; parodic; parodical

Noun

burlesque m (plural burlesques)

1. burlesque; parody.

Coordinate terms

• vaudeville

Descendants

• ? English: burlesque

Further reading

• “burlesque” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).